Altaf Hussain (1943 – 27 February 2019) was a

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( ) are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the Bay of Bengal, eponymous bay. Bangladeshi nationality law, Bangladeshi citizenship was fo ...

cricketer who played

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in the 1960s. Overall, he played six first-class matches for different teams of

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

. A right-arm fast bowler, he made his first-class debut for the East Pakistan team against a strong Karachi Green side in Karachi the

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. He failed to pick up any wickets in his debut match. And although he went wicketless in his next first-class match as well, at the famous national stadium,

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, he enjoyed a fine match, playing for

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, against Dacca University, at the outer stadium, in March 1965. In this match, his 2/20 and 3/9 contributed greatly to a big win for the Dacca team. Overall, in 6 first-class matches, he took 6 wickets at 36 apiece. After retirement he became heavily involved with cricket coaching. His contribution to the game was recognized by BSJA, which gave him a special category award in 2012.

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